1. According to the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, how many youths were charged with homicide in 1997?

a) 13

b) 54

c) 94

d) 136
 


2. How many youths were charged with Violent Crime (including murder, sexual assault, assault, robbery with a weapon and abduction) in 1997? 
 


a) 5,639

b) 16,903

c) 22,252

d) 99,611 
 

3. Of the following property crimes, which were youths most often charged with?
 

a) Motor Vehicle Theft

b) Theft Over $5,000 (includes bicycles, goods stolen from automobiles and shoplifting)

c) Theft Under $5,000 (includes bicycles, goods stolen from automobiles and shoplifting)

d) Breaking and Entering
 


4. Identify the drug that youths were most often charged in connection with (either for possession, importing or trafficking). 
 


a) Cannabis

b) Cocaine

c) Heroin

d) Other Drugs  


5. If you are female, you are most likely to be a victim of violence from: 
 


a) a stranger

b) a friend or aquaintance

c) a family member
 

6. If you are male, you are most likely to be a victim of violence from: 
 


a) a stranger

b) a friend or aquaintance

c) a family member
 

7. The largest percentage of arrests for Criminal Code incidents involves people between the ages of: 
 


a) 14 and 22

b) 23 and 30

c) 31 and 40
 

8. The majority of Canadians believe that youth crime has 
 


a) decreased in the past decade

b) increased in the past decade

c) remained the same
 


9. Many academics believe that the media are chiefly to blame for false public perceptions regarding crime. Media sensationalism of violence has been cited as the cause of: 
 


a) increased fear

b) desensitization to real-life violence

c) aggressive behaviour

d) all of the above
 

10. Distorted portrayals of youth in the media have led to: 
 


a) increased demand for tougher young-offender laws

b) demands for curfews for children under 16

c) more regular transferring of young offenders to adult courts

d) all of the above

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Source: Canadian Crime Statistics 1997. Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics.